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The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
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virūpāt pṛṣadaśvo 'bhūt tat-putras tu rathītaraḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; virūpaḥ—by the name Virūpa; ketumān—by the name Ketumān; śambhuḥ—by the name Śambhu; ambarīṣa—of Ambarīṣa Mahārāja; sutāḥ trayaḥ—the three sons; virūpāt—from Virūpa; pṛṣadaśvaḥ—of the name Pṛṣadaśva; abhūt—there was; tat-putraḥ—his son; tu—and; rathītaraḥ—of the name Rathītara.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parikṣit, Ambarīṣa had three sons, named Virūpa, Ketumān and Śambhu. From Virūpa came a son named Pṛṣadaśva, and from Pṛṣadaśva came a son named Rathītara.
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रथीतरस्याप्रजस्य भार्यायां तन्तवेऽर्थितः । अङ्गिरा जनयामास ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः सुतान् ॥ २ ॥
rathītarasyāprajasya bhāryām tantave 'rthitaḥ aṅgirā janayām āsa brahma-varcasvinaḥ sutān
rathītarasya—of Rathītara; aprajasya—who had no sons; bhāryāyām—unto his wife; tantave—for increasing offspring; arthitaḥ—being requested; aṅgirāḥ—the great sage Aṅgirā; janayām āsa—caused to take birth; brahma-varcasvinaḥ—who had brahminical qualities; sutān—sons.
TRANSLATION
Rathītara had no sons, and therefore he requested the great sage Aṅgirā to beget sons for him. Because of this request, Aṅgirā begot sons in the womb of Rathītara's wife. All these sons were born with brahminical prowess.